Shaw thinks Hopkins will beat Pascal
September 21st, 2010
By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Gary Shaw thinks that former middleweight and light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins (51—5-1, 32 KO’s) will beat World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal (26-1, 16 KO’s) on December 18th in Quebec, Canada. In an interview by Stephen Edwards at Boxingtalk.com, Shaw says “I think Pascal is making a big mistake by fighting Hopkins. I have all the respect in the world for Hopkins. I think he is going to beat Pascal. I hope I’m wrong, because of our [referring to his fighter Chad Dawson] rematch clause but that’s how I feel.” You have to wonder whether Shaw might still have hurt feelings towards Pascal because of his win over Dawson last month on August 14th.
The time away from the ring really seemed to hurt Hopkins because he looked old and slow against Ornelas, and nothing like the same fighter that beat Pavlik 14 months prior. Hopkins looked little better in his win over 41-year-old Roy Jones Jr. in April of this year, winning the fight by a 12 round decision but looking slow, and not throwing a lot of punches. Hopkins appears to have deteriorated since his narrow decision loss to Joe Calzaghe and his fight with Pavlik in 2008.
I think Shaw is remembering Hopkins of old, but not the Hopkins that exists now. Pascal should beat Hopkins rather easily. Hopkins will try his punch and grab routine, but that’s not enough to beat a fast and powerful fighter like Pascal. I think even if Hopkins can win some rounds based on his popularity rather than what’s really happening in the fight, I still see him losing by 9 rounds to 3.
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B-Hop is gonna retire the morning of the december 19th
Gary Shaw is a freakin politician; even lower than that he is a freakin Republican. His pockets come first. Gary Shaw picks Stanky Ass Bernard Hopkins as his running mate. Stanky Ass is a Republican too. Jean Pascal is heir apparent; hes got the authority and tools to give a good ass tanning to Stanky. The politically correct thing to do would let that thief to land on all fours. As far as Shaw is concerned, if he didn’t take double portions at the breakfast table like he does hed think more in reality.
Pascal wins
b hop wins
shaw thinks a lot of things. he is an idiot.
never write off b-hop tho.
Hopkins will win….he has better stamina then Pascal. The only way Pascal would win is if he pressures Hopkins and we saw how tired he was when he did that to Dawson. He will walk into B-Hops punches and probably go down once or twice. He runs right in and don’t think Hopkins won’t throw the uppercut that was open in the Dawson fight…. Hopkins 116-112 or late round stoppage….
Hopkins is a dirty fighter.. that’s his only skill now that his old.. if he wins.. It’lle be because off 1. his reputation which will impact the judges slightly and 2. His poor unentertaining approach to boxing now that his an oldy.. Not even gonna bother buying this on PPV. I’m waiting for the rematch Pascal vs Dawson.. I’ll pay for that because I know Dawson will come out ontop of his game and it will be exciting to see what will happen.
Hopkins = Boring waste of time boxer at 40 yrs +
Experience over youth? This is a set up. Hopkins took some good shots in his last fight. Pascal is trying to make a name for himself. I thought Dawson could have beat Hopkins. Pascal will make it a good fight.
hopkins is used to hostile crowds, but this is the peoples republic of canada. He may have slipped a bit too
Shaw’s an idiot if he thinks that .
Ha Ha Pascal will knock Hopkins out 7th round.
Yea I have to agree Hopkins is too experienced for Pascal not only that Hopkins has probably studied the Jones style long enough he knows it better than Pascal which leaves Pascal with no special offense and Pascal does not have the natural skill that Jones use to have. So Pascal is left with the basic of boxing which Hopkins has already mastered. I don’t believe the clinching and punching will work for Pascal cause Hopkins will definitely call foul if any punch even grazes the back of his ear wrong and Hopkins inside game is dirty, raw and frustrating. So I am thinking its going to be Dawson vs Hopkins soon.
Jean Pascal is much better than your dirty old man!
This is a bad style matchup for Pascal. The only reservation that I have is that the fight is being fought in Montreal. But, other than that, it’s going to be an uphill battle for Pascal.
Never sleep on Bhop!!